Nettie Mae Jones

Nettie Mae Jones was born on August 17, 1936 to Alice and Tom Coke Armon in Independence, Texas. She peacefully departed this life on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Nettie graduated from Pickard High School in Brenham, Texas. She briefly worked at Citizens National Bank of Texas and shortly thereafter met the love of her life, Sanford L. Jones. They were married on August 16, 1957 in Waco, Texas.

A servant leader, Nettie M. Jones was a faithful wife and homemaker. She assisted her husband Sanford in all of their business ventures. She typed the manuscripts for the books that he published, managed the financials in their Cleburne Leather Shop, and travelled with him to numerous territories when he was District Sales Representative for Ralston Purina Company. She often teased Sanford about helping him earn his paycheck.

Nettie was a soldier in the Army of the Lord. She ministered and prayed to win lost souls for God’s Kingdom. She witnessed to the sick, shut-in, individuals throughout the city and was responsible for sending out spiritual literature. She was a prayer warrior with a spiritual calling on her life. A devoted Christian, she accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member of Holy Tabernacle Church of God In Christ in Fort Worth, Texas.

Proverbs 31:29-30 says, “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Nettie’s life is certainly one that surpasses them all and warrants praise!

Nettie is preceded in death by her parents, Alice and Tom Coke Armon; brothers, William Armon and Tom Coke Armon, Jr.; and husband, Sanford Jones. She leaves a number of family members to cherish her memory: siblings, Estel Bradshaw and Alfar Watkins of Waco, Texas; nephews, Sean Armon, Terrell Armon, Thomas Armon, and Isiah Watkins of Waco, Texas, Tom Coke Armon III of Seattle, Washington; nieces, Dionne Armon Daniels (Cedric) of Red Oak,Texas, Natalie Bradshaw of Waco, Texas, and Phyllis Watkins of Dallas, Texas. She also leaves a host of cousins, great nieces, great nephews, extended family, relatives, and friends.

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